apeljohn
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Currently, when viewing a thread in Reader Mode, selecting a chunk of text does not bring up the quote/reply tooltip.
This possibly makes sense for Quests, since you mostly want people responding directly to the latest threadmark rather than accidentally re-opening a months-old discussion.
However, for Creative Writing threads - where "old" doesn't equal "obsolete" - the main effect is to make it more awkward to report typoes in earlier chapters: you have to switch out of Reader Mode, re-locate the typo, quote it, then go back to reading until you hit the next error. Or you can just stop using Reader Mode, which somewhat defeats the point of its existence.
It would be cool if this could be fixed in XenForo. Perhaps it could be tied into whichever subforum-specific flag gets some posts categorised as "stories" in the "find content by [author]" tooltip?
This possibly makes sense for Quests, since you mostly want people responding directly to the latest threadmark rather than accidentally re-opening a months-old discussion.
However, for Creative Writing threads - where "old" doesn't equal "obsolete" - the main effect is to make it more awkward to report typoes in earlier chapters: you have to switch out of Reader Mode, re-locate the typo, quote it, then go back to reading until you hit the next error. Or you can just stop using Reader Mode, which somewhat defeats the point of its existence.
It would be cool if this could be fixed in XenForo. Perhaps it could be tied into whichever subforum-specific flag gets some posts categorised as "stories" in the "find content by [author]" tooltip?
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